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Author Goldschmidt, Arthur, 1938-

Title Historical dictionary of Egypt / Arthur Goldschmidt Jr
Edition Fourth edition
Published Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (lii, 535 pages)
Series Historical Dictionaries of Africa
Historical dictionaries of Africa
Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Maps -- Introduction -- The Dictionary -- Political Leaders
Summary This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Egypt covers its history from its emergence as an independent actor during the reign of Ali Bey (1760-1772) up to and including the first two years of the Arab Spring (February 2013). This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 hundred cross-referenced entries on of persons, events, institutions, political groups, economic and social conditions, policies, relationships with other countries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-534)
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Subject HISTORY -- Middle East -- Egypt.
SUBJECT Egypt -- History -- 1517-1882 -- Dictionaries
Egypt -- History -- 1798- -- Dictionaries
Subject Egypt
Genre/Form History
Bibliographies
Dictionaries
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020738794
ISBN 9780810880252
0810880253